Angola, China Agree to Boost Relations

Angola, China Agree to Boost Relations

Angola, China Agree to Boost Relations

Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) China and Angola have agreed to boost relations during the visit here of President Joao Lourenco who was welcomed by his host peer Xi Jinping.

The Chinese dignitary urged two sides to 'cement political mutual trust, strengthen high-level contacts, deepen strategic communication, and understand and support each other's core interests and grave concerns.'

This is Lourenco's second visit to China in a month as he came to attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in early September.

Xi expects the two sides to implement the results of the 2018 FOCAC Summit, promote the eight major initiatives unveiled at the meeting to realize early progress and advance the Belt and Road Initiative.

He also called to advance the strategic integration of each other's development plans, strengthen cooperation in traditional areas, expand new growth points in mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote the industrialization and economic diversification of Angola.

For his part, Lourenco highlighted China's cooperation with African nations, extolled FOCAC initiatives and pinned hopes that cooperation between Angola and China will become a model for bilateral relations.

The two presidents watched the signing of a series of bilateral cooperative documents.

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Angola, China Agree to Boost Relations

Beijing, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) China and Angola have agreed to boost relations during the visit here of President Joao Lourenco who was welcomed by his host peer Xi Jinping.

The Chinese dignitary urged two sides to 'cement political mutual trust, strengthen high-level contacts, deepen strategic communication, and understand and support each other's core interests and grave concerns.'

This is Lourenco's second visit to China in a month as he came to attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in early September.

Xi expects the two sides to implement the results of the 2018 FOCAC Summit, promote the eight major initiatives unveiled at the meeting to realize early progress and advance the Belt and Road Initiative.

He also called to advance the strategic integration of each other's development plans, strengthen cooperation in traditional areas, expand new growth points in mutually beneficial cooperation, and promote the industrialization and economic diversification of Angola.

For his part, Lourenco highlighted China's cooperation with African nations, extolled FOCAC initiatives and pinned hopes that cooperation between Angola and China will become a model for bilateral relations.

The two presidents watched the signing of a series of bilateral cooperative documents.